Hillary's Victory Dance A Bit Premature?

I have to admit I was despondent about the FBI Director's decision not to recommend prosecuting the case against Secretary Clinton for her private email server and mishandling of classified information. When I heard that Director Comey was being called to testify before Congress, I thought, "Why  bother? You (and the People) lost; it's over." What made matters worse was the long list of lies laid out by Comey and his description of Hillary and her staffers' extremely careless handling of classified material and yet neither she nor anyone else would not be held accountable. After Comey's public announcement, Hillary's smug and gloating "victory dance" at a campaign event in North Carolina with President Obama by her side made the decision all the more galling. Then something surprising happened and my spirits began to lift.

Little by little, portions of Comey's testimony made their way to the media and the questions by the members of the House committee began to reveal that there were serious flaws in the FBI's investigation; most notably, investigators never compared their findings against Clinton's sworn statements to Congress. Any inconsistencies would show she either lied to Congress or the FBI. Either way, each one would be a felony and the result would be very big trouble for Ms. Clinton. Just ask Scooter Libby. By the close of business today, the State Department announced it was reopening the probe into Clinton's email scandal.

Perhaps Hillary's celebration was just a bit premature.

Different Justice: Petraeus vs Clinton?

It has been reported in the media that the DoD is considering demoting General David Petraeus for providing secret information to his biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell. Meanwhile, an IG report revealed Hillary Clinton's unsecured email server contained 1000s of email classified as Special Access Programs - far more sensitive than secret. The information leaked by Petraeus was never released to the public. We have no way of knowing who may have gained access to the unprotected classified material on Hillary's server.

It is very likely that even if the FBI recommends indicting Clinton, the Obama Justice Department won't prosecute her. Equal justice? Well time will tell but the prospects don't look good.

Hill May Trade Green Pantsuit for Orange Jumpsuit

It looks like the Hillary email scandal is continuing to reveal new damaging facts about the former Secretary of State's negligent handling of classified material. There are several potential felony violations of the law. She may end up trading in her signature pantsuits for orange jumpsuits if you know what I mean. Any one of us regular folks sure would be!

Hillary's Email Claim Simply Not Believable

Hillary Clinton's claims that she had no classified emails on the unsecured  private server that she had set up in her home in New York is either the claim of a complete incompetent or a bold faced lie.

I served as a mid-level officer at a small American embassy for just shy of four years and I dealt with classified emails on a fairly frequent basis. How could the person in charge of the entire State Department not send or receive classified emails? Clinton's claim is simply not credible.

Secrecy is essential to diplomacy. Those you are trying to negotiate with can't know your strategy ahead of time or you have no leverage in the negotiations. If Clinton discussed any State business with anyone, due to her position, at a minimum it would be confidential because it would give away intentions, plans, etc. Further, her emails would have to contain reports from our embassies abroad that would contain the country teams' assessments of the situation in those countries. Sensitive things like the country's stability, impressions of their leadership, vulnerabilities, etc. These are things we need kept private. They are dangerous in the hands of our enemies and those of our friends and allies.
They could also be very embarrassing to all parties because we rely on our diplomats serving overseas to provide frank assessments about the county where they are posted. I'm sure the few friends we have in the world must be furious.

If  Secretary Clinton's claims that she had no classified emails on her server are true then she ran the entire State Department on a strictly unclassified level. She is either lying or she wasn't doing her job. Either way it would explain why she left our international relations around the world in a complete shambles.